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  Added 12th March 2008  
  NPD Process Automation - the new “Best Practice”  
  Gerard Ryan  
  Executives focused on driving business performance through innovation recognize the need to focus not just on the speed and quality of project delivery BUT also on the quality of projects which enter the innovation funnel and the overall effectiveness of the system...  
 

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  Added 12th March 2008  
  Beyond Stage-Gate ® - Automating Innovation  
  Gerard Ryan  
  The use of Stage-Gate ® processes to manage innovation is widely accepted as the most effective way to manage innovation risk. Adoption of gate based innovation processes by US Fortune 500 companies is now estimated to be in excess of 75%. Australasian companies lag the US in their adoption of Stage Gate ® although many companies have recently introduced manual processes.  
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  Added 27th June 2008  
  Development Trade-Off model  
  Don Reinertsen  
  The business of managing new product development projects requires optimization of the balance between: Development speed, Product cost,Product performance and development program expense. Wrapping the trade-off alternatives in numbers provides the business information required to make more complex decisions and optimize the business performance of new product development projects.  
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  Added 10th September 2008  
  Product Roadmapping  
  Chris Creighton Thomas  
  Initially adopted by technologists within large organisations, roadmapping often did not include other functions such as marketing and product management.  Over the last few years, however, roadmapping has been increasingly used for functional areas beyond technology as a strategic planning tool.  For example, marketing departments have been more involved in the product planning process and CEOs have demanded roadmaps as deliverables for board meetings and gate decision meetings.  
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  Added 15th September 2008  
  Targeting the “Right” Roadmapping Maturity Level for Your Organization  
  Irene J. Petrick, Ph.D.  
  The term strategic roadmapping implies a well-integrated and on-going company practice that systematically links market and technology evolution into a compelling product portfolio.  How many companies actually achieve this level of roadmapping?  Few, it appears.

Nonetheless, roadmapping does add value to the vast majority of companies who are using this technique.  The perceived value is related to roadmapping maturity.  Therefore, a careful consideration of your company’s maturity level may identify a path forward to greater success and sustainability.

 
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